On June 3, California voters defeated Proposition 98, a measure cloaked as eminent domain reform, but would have wiped out regulations intended to protect California’s heritage and environment. Specifically, Prop 98 would have prohibited laws and regulations that “transfer an economic benefit to one or more private persons at the expense of the private owners.” However, it would also have disallowed important environmental and heritage protection, including protection of coastal areas, farmland and ranchland and cultural and historic sites. The National Trust advocacy efforts helped to defeat this potentially harmful measure.